SACRAMENTO – The owners of two California Lottery tickets have reason to celebrate this weekend. Those tickets, one that was purchased in Southern California and the other in the capital region, have hit five of six winning numbers in last night’s drawing. Each is worth $126,163.
The MEGA Millions tickets were purchased in Pico Rivera at Ray’s Liquor located at 9024 East Slauson Avenue and in Rancho Cordova at P & A Liquor at 10152 Coloma Road. The winning numbers were 1, 6, 15, 27, 46 and the Mega number was 39. No one matched all six numbers and Tuesday’s jackpot is $24 million.
The California Lottery wants to remind winners to sign the back of their tickets, keep tickets in a safe place and contact Lottery officials or visit your local Lottery District Office (http://www.calottery.com/AboutUs/Locations) as soon as possible. Winners have 180 days from the date of the draw to claim prizes.
Meantime, Lottery players can take another shot at another big jackpot tonight. The jackpot for SuperLOTTO Plus is at $19 million. Tickets cost only $1 each and are available at more than 20,000 authorized retailers (www.calottery.com/locations).
More than 95 cents of every Lottery dollar is returned to the community in the form of contributions to education, prizes and retail commissions. The California Lottery contributes at least 34 cents of every dollar that players spend on Lottery products to public education and returns more than 50 percent of sales to players in the form of prizes. Since its inception in 1985, the Lottery has contributed more than $20 billion to California schools out of total sales of nearly $55 billion. Retailers benefit too, earning $3.5 billion in compensation since 1985.